PDF: [The Treaty of Lisbon]HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Gordon BROWN, Prime Minister
David MILIBAND, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
AMENDMENTS TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
A dispatch from an occupied country... [EU Referendum Blog] (the blog writers, when they started the Eurosceptic blog, knew it was probably going to have to be renamed when the UK had been given it's referendum on the EU...ahem)
"From today, as the Lisbon treaty comes into force, we are no longer masters in our own house. Our prime minister, as a member of the European Council, is obligated under this new treaty to promote the aims and objectives of the European Union, over and above those of the UK, and is bound by the rules of the Union."
From today, as the Lisbon treaty comes into force, we are no longer masters in our own house. Our prime minister, as a member of the European Council, is obligated under this new treaty to promote the aims and objectives of the European Union, over and above those of the UK, and is bound by the rules of the Union.
But everything is different. We are a satellite state of the Greater European Empire, ruled by a supreme government in Brussels. And things will stay different until we have regained our freedom. Until then, as I remarked before, we owe this government neither loyalty nor obedience. It is not our government. It is theirs. It is our enemy."
And from here?...who knows.
Update (well, back dating really) Did you enjoy your last day yesterday? From Constantly Furious (link through image)...And even more incredible - and sinister - news if it's not a hoax (!!), just read Raedwald's post today."Last day? Of what? Last day for a lot of things. Lots of things that really matter. Or should really matter. Ancient laws, concepts, paradigms, ways of living that have, over centuries, become part of our lives."
I do have a problem with these two 'rights' being taken away.
ResponderEliminarHabeas corpus ad subjiciendum. Until today, no-one could lock you up without having a lawful reason to do so. Today, for the last time, if you believe that you have been incarcerated and no evidence supports that incarceration, you can demand a Writ of Habeas Corpus from the court. Tomorrow - when Habeas Corpus is gone - you could be incarcerated for up to eight months without charge.
Courts de jure : "courts by jury": as the clock strikes midnight tonight, your right to be judged by a jury of your peers disappears.
I can't get over excited about losing the fiver, it's exchange for my labour so as long as its exchangeable for goods and services it could be called a gazumpa or something equally stupid.
Anyway, welcome to the new world.
Agreed...to put it bluntly: it's fucking scary.
ResponderEliminarRe the Fiver, I do like the 50 quid note (and the new 20 actually) but I've been paid in so many different currencies (and even in meat and rice at one stage) that it doesn't bother me either...but I would prefer for the UK to keep the pound if I were given the choice.